[Zaneiro, Buenos Aires and Valparjaiso were informed of Manna's win 115 seconds after the result was signalled from the winning post; Bombay and Durban had the news 30 seconds; Adelaide, Hongkong and Zanzibar in 60 seconds; and Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne in 90 seconds.
Owing to a slight temporary difficulty the relay from Hongkong to Shanghai occupied 90 seconds, the
pam. or 2 min. 20 sec. after Manna leantered past the winning post at, 3.10 pin., English summer time, No reports have yet been receiv-led from the numerous other centres to which Reuter's flashed the news, but the places quoted give an interesting illustration of news organization, Owing to the distances leavered numerous relays were necessary in some cases and it is obvious [trot the news was handled through Joat with the minimum of delay.—
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